Arjuna Routs the Elephant Division

Verse 1 (7.89.1)

चोदयाश्वान्हृषीकेश यत्र दुर्मर्षणः स्थितः । एतद्भित्त्वा गजानीकं प्रवेक्ष्याम्यरिवाहिनीम् ॥

codayāśvānhṛṣīkeśa yatra durmarṣaṇaḥ sthitaḥ | etadbhittvā gajānīkaṃ pravekṣyāmyarivāhinīm

"Drive the horses, Hrishikesha, to where Durmarshana stands. Breaking through this elephant host, I shall enter the enemy's army."

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, printed 5-89-1 to 5-89-33 — the page's "5-" is a typo for 7 — ending with a colophon naming this the 89th adhyaya of the Jayadratha-vadha Parva); page and input agree on all 33 verses. The page prints the speaker headings अर्जुन (verse 1) and सञ्जय (verse 2). Wikisource 89 corresponds to the critical edition 7.64.29–60.

Verse 2 (7.89.2)

एवमुक्तो महाबाहुः केशवः सव्यसाचिना । अचोदयद्धयांस्तत्र यत्र दुर्मर्षणः स्थितः ॥

evamukto mahābāhuḥ keśavaḥ savyasācinā | acodayaddhayāṃstatra yatra durmarṣaṇaḥ sthitaḥ

Thus addressed by Savyasachin, mighty-armed Keshava drove the horses to where Durmarshana stood.

Verse 3 (7.89.3)

स सम्प्रहारस्तुमुलः सम्प्रवृत्तः सुदारुणः । एकस्य च बहूनां च रथनागनरक्षयः ॥

sa samprahārastumulaḥ sampravṛttaḥ sudāruṇaḥ | ekasya ca bahūnāṃ ca rathanāganarakṣayaḥ

A dreadful and tumultuous clash then broke out, in which one man and many met, and chariots, elephants and men were destroyed.

Verse 4 (7.89.4)

ततः सायकवर्षेण पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान् । परानवाकिरत्पार्थः पर्वतानिव नीरदः ॥

tataḥ sāyakavarṣeṇa parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān | parānavākiratpārthaḥ parvatāniva nīradaḥ

Then Partha showered his enemies with a rain of arrows, as a rain-giving cloud pours down upon mountains.

Verse 5 (7.89.5)

ते चापि रथिनः सर्वे त्वरिताः कृतहस्तवत् । अवाकिरन्बाणजालैस्तत्र कृष्णधनञ्जयौ ॥

te cāpi rathinaḥ sarve tvaritāḥ kṛtahastavat | avākiranbāṇajālaistatra kṛṣṇadhanañjayau

And all those chariot-warriors too, quick and skilled of hand, covered Krishna and Dhananjaya there with nets of arrows.

Verse 6 (7.89.6)

ततः क्रुद्धो महाबाहुर्वार्यमाणः परैर्युधि । शिरांसि रथिनां पार्थः कायेभ्योऽपाहरच्छरैः ॥

tataḥ kruddho mahābāhurvāryamāṇaḥ parairyudhi | śirāṃsi rathināṃ pārthaḥ kāyebhyo'pāharaccharaiḥ

Then the mighty-armed Partha, enraged though held back by his foes in the battle, struck the heads of the chariot-warriors from their bodies with his arrows.

Verse 7 (7.89.7)

उद्भ्रान्तनयनैर्वक्रैः सन्दष्टौष्ठपुटैः शुभैः । सकुण्डलशिरस्त्राणैर्वसुधा समकीर्यत ॥

udbhrāntanayanairvakraiḥ sandaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭaiḥ śubhaiḥ | sakuṇḍalaśirastrāṇairvasudhā samakīryata

The earth was strewn with fair faces, their eyes rolling wildly and their lips clenched between their teeth, and with helmets and earrings.

Note on the text: Corrected उद्धान्तनयनैर्वक्रैः → उद्भ्रान्तनयनैर्वक्रैः (misprint in Wikisource; उद्धान्त is not a word, a conjunct has been lost, and CE 7.64.35a has udbhrāntanayanaiḥ). The CE's star passage 7.64.35d*0464_01–02 is not in Wikisource.

Verse 8 (7.89.8)

पुण्डरीकवनानीव विध्वस्तानि समन्ततः । विनिकीर्णानि योधानां वदनानि चकाशिरे ॥

puṇḍarīkavanānīva vidhvastāni samantataḥ | vinikīrṇāni yodhānāṃ vadanāni cakāśire

The warriors' faces, scattered everywhere, shone like lotus groves torn up and lying on every side.

Verse 9 (7.89.9)

सुवर्णचित्राभरणाः संसिक्ता रुधिरेण च । संसक्ता इव दृश्यन्ते मेघसङ्घाः सविद्युतः ॥

suvarṇacitrābharaṇāḥ saṃsiktā rudhireṇa ca | saṃsaktā iva dṛśyante meghasaṅghāḥ savidyutaḥ

Bright with ornaments of gold and drenched in blood, they looked like masses of cloud shot through with lightning.

Note on the text: Matches CE 7.64.37 ("tapanīyavicitrāṇi siktāni rudhireṇa ca / adṛśyanta yathā rājan meghasaṃghāḥ savidyutaḥ"), with different wording; a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept (the automatic alignment missed it).

Verse 10 (7.89.10)

शिरसां पततां राजञ्शब्दोऽभूद्वसुधातले । कालेन परिपक्वानां तालानां पततामिव ॥

śirasāṃ patatāṃ rājañśabdo'bhūdvasudhātale | kālena paripakvānāṃ tālānāṃ patatāmiva

The sound of heads falling to the ground, O king, was like the sound of palm fruits, ripe in their season, dropping.

Verse 11 (7.89.11)

कबन्ध उत्थितः कश्चिद्विष्फार्य सशरं धनुः । किञ्चित्खड्गं विनिष्कृष्य भुजेनोद्यम्य तिष्ठति । गृहीत्वाऽन्यस्य केशेषु शिरो नृत्यति चापरः ॥

kabandha utthitaḥ kaścidviṣphārya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ | kiñcitkhaḍgaṃ viniṣkṛṣya bhujenodyamya tiṣṭhati | gṛhītvā'nyasya keśeṣu śiro nṛtyati cāparaḥ

A certain headless trunk rose up, twanging its bow with an arrow set to it, and stood, having drawn its sword part way, holding it raised in its arm; and another danced, seizing another man's head by the hair.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; खड्ग is the word, as in CE 7.64.39c khaḍgaṃ). Lines 1–2 correspond to CE 7.64.39a and 7.64.39c (different wording, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept); line 3 = CE star passage 7.64.39d*0465_01. Removed the stray wiki backtick and apostrophe around line 3. (Three lines, a single verse on the page.)

Verse 12 (7.89.12)

पतितानि न जानन्ति शिरांसि पुरुषर्षभाः । अमृष्यमाणाः सङ्ग्रामे कौन्तेयं जयगृद्धिनः ॥

patitāni na jānanti śirāṃsi puruṣarṣabhāḥ | amṛṣyamāṇāḥ saṅgrāme kaunteyaṃ jayagṛddhinaḥ

Those foremost of men, unable to bear Kaunteya in battle and greedy for victory, did not know that their heads had fallen.

Note on the text: Matches CE 7.64.40 ("nājānanta śirāṃsy urvyāṃ patitāni nararṣabhāḥ …"), with different wording; a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept (the automatic alignment missed it).

Verse 13 (7.89.13)

हयानामुत्तमाङ्गैश्च हस्तिहस्तैश्च मेदिनी । बाहुभिश्च शिरोभिश्च वीराणां समकीर्यत ॥

hayānāmuttamāṅgaiśca hastihastaiśca medinī | bāhubhiśca śirobhiśca vīrāṇāṃ samakīryata

The earth was strewn with the heads of horses and the trunks of elephants, and with the arms and heads of heroes.

Verse 14 (7.89.14)

अयं पार्थः कुतः पार्थः पार्थोऽयमिति सर्वशः । तिष्ठ पार्थेहि मां पार्थ क्व यासीति च जल्पताम् । तव सैन्येषु योधानां पार्थभूतमिवाभवत् ॥

ayaṃ pārthaḥ kutaḥ pārthaḥ pārtho'yamiti sarvaśaḥ | tiṣṭha pārthehi māṃ pārtha kva yāsīti ca jalpatām | tava sainyeṣu yodhānāṃ pārthabhūtamivābhavat

"Here is Partha! Where is Partha from? That is Partha!" So they cried on every side; and among your warriors, as they babbled "Stand, Partha! Come at me, Partha! Where are you going?", everything seemed to have become Partha.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 7.64.42a, the star passage 7.64.42b*0466_01 (line 2) and 7.64.42c (line 3). Removed the stray wiki backtick and apostrophe around line 2. (Three lines, a single verse on the page.)

Verse 15 (7.89.15)

अन्योन्यमपि चाजघ्नुरात्मानमपि चापरे । पार्थभूतममन्यन्त जनाः कालेन मोहिताः ॥

anyonyamapi cājaghnurātmānamapi cāpare | pārthabhūtamamanyanta janāḥ kālena mohitāḥ

They struck one another, and some struck even themselves; deluded by Time, the men took everything to have become Partha.

Verse 16 (7.89.16)

निष्टनन्तः सरुधिरा विसंज्ञा गाढवेदनाः । शयाना बहवो वीराः कीर्तयन्तः स्वबान्धवान् ॥

niṣṭanantaḥ sarudhirā visaṃjñā gāḍhavedanāḥ | śayānā bahavo vīrāḥ kīrtayantaḥ svabāndhavān

Groaning, bloodied, senseless and in deep agony, many heroes lay there calling out the names of their kinsmen.

Verse 17 (7.89.17)

सभिण्डिपालाः सप्रासाः सशक्त्यृष्टिपरश्वथाः । सनिर्व्यूहाः सनिस्त्रिंशाः सशरासनतोमराः ॥

sabhiṇḍipālāḥ saprāsāḥ saśaktyṛṣṭiparaśvathāḥ | sanirvyūhāḥ sanistriṃśāḥ saśarāsanatomarāḥ

Armed with bhindipalas, javelins, spears, lances and axes, with nirvyuhas, swords, bows and tomaras,

Verse 18 (7.89.18)

सबाणवर्माभरणाः सगदाः साङ्गदा रणे । महाभुजगसङ्काशा बाहवः परिघोपमाः ॥

sabāṇavarmābharaṇāḥ sagadāḥ sāṅgadā raṇe | mahābhujagasaṅkāśā bāhavaḥ parighopamāḥ

with arrows, armour and ornaments, with maces and armlets in the battle, the arms, like great serpents, like iron bars,

Verse 19 (7.89.19)

उद्वेष्टन्ति विचेष्टन्ति सञ्चेष्टन्ति च सर्वशः । वेगं कुर्वन्ति संरब्धा निकृत्ताः परमेषुभिः ॥

udveṣṭanti viceṣṭanti sañceṣṭanti ca sarvaśaḥ | vegaṃ kurvanti saṃrabdhā nikṛttāḥ parameṣubhiḥ

writhed and twitched and quivered on every side; cut off by his excellent arrows, they thrashed about in their fury.

Verse 20 (7.89.20)

यो यः स्म समरे पार्थं प्रतिसञ्चरते नरः । तस्यतस्यान्तको बाणः शरीरमुपसर्पति ॥

yo yaḥ sma samare pārthaṃ pratisañcarate naraḥ | tasyatasyāntako bāṇaḥ śarīramupasarpati

Whichever man advanced against Partha in the battle, to him, to each one, the arrow that was Death went and entered his body.

Verse 21 (7.89.21)

नृत्यतो रथमार्गेषु धनुर्व्यायच्छतस्तथा । न कश्चित्तत्र पार्थस्य ददृशेऽन्तरमण्वपि ॥

nṛtyato rathamārgeṣu dhanurvyāyacchatastathā | na kaścittatra pārthasya dadṛśe'ntaramaṇvapi

As he danced along the paths of his chariot and drew his bow, no one there saw the least opening in Partha.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्थश्च → पार्थस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the genitive is needed with अन्तरम्, "an opening in Partha", and CE 7.64.49 has pārthasya).

Verse 22 (7.89.22)

यत्तस्य घटमानस्य क्षिप्रं विक्षिपतः शरान् । लाघवात्पाण्डुपुत्रस्य व्यस्मयन्त परे जनाः ॥

yattasya ghaṭamānasya kṣipraṃ vikṣipataḥ śarān | lāghavātpāṇḍuputrasya vyasmayanta pare janāḥ

As he strove and quickly loosed his arrows, the lightness of Pandu's son astonished the other men.

Verse 23 (7.89.23)

हस्तिनं हस्तियन्तारमश्वमाश्विकमेव च । अभिनत्फल्गुनो बाणै रथिनं च ससारथिम् ॥

hastinaṃ hastiyantāramaśvamāśvikameva ca | abhinatphalguno bāṇai rathinaṃ ca sasārathim

Phalguna pierced with his arrows the elephant and its driver, the horse and its rider, and the chariot-warrior together with his charioteer.

Verse 24 (7.89.24)

आवर्तमानमावृत्तं युध्यमानं च पाण्डवः । प्रमुखे तिष्ठमानं च न कञ्चिन्न निहन्ति सः ॥

āvartamānamāvṛttaṃ yudhyamānaṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ | pramukhe tiṣṭhamānaṃ ca na kañcinna nihanti saḥ

Whether a man wheeled about, or had wheeled about, or fought, or stood before him, there was none whom the Pandava did not kill.

Verse 25 (7.89.25)

यथोदयन्वै गगने सूर्यो हन्ति महत्तमः । तथाऽर्जुनो गजानीकमवधीत्कङ्कपत्रिभिः ॥

yathodayanvai gagane sūryo hanti mahattamaḥ | tathā'rjuno gajānīkamavadhītkaṅkapatribhiḥ

As the sun, rising in the sky, destroys the great darkness, so Arjuna destroyed the elephant host with his heron-feathered arrows.

Verse 26 (7.89.26)

हस्तिभिः पतितैर्भिन्नैस्तव सैन्यमदृश्यत । अन्तकाले यथा भूमिर्व्यवकीर्णा महीधरैः ॥

hastibhiḥ patitairbhinnaistava sainyamadṛśyata | antakāle yathā bhūmirvyavakīrṇā mahīdharaiḥ

With its elephants fallen and torn apart, your army looked like the earth at the end of time strewn with mountains.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from CE 7.64.54c in its last word (CE: vinikīrṇair mahīdharaiḥ); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 27 (7.89.27)

यथा मध्यंदिने सूर्यो दुष्प्रेक्ष्यः प्राणिभिः सदा । तथा धनञ्जयः क्रुद्धो दुष्प्रेक्ष्यो युधि शत्रुभिः ॥

yathā madhyaṃdine sūryo duṣprekṣyaḥ prāṇibhiḥ sadā | tathā dhanañjayaḥ kruddho duṣprekṣyo yudhi śatrubhiḥ

As the midday sun is always hard for living beings to look at, so the enraged Dhananjaya was hard for his enemies to look at in battle.

Verse 28 (7.89.28)

तत्तथा तव पुत्रस्य सैन्यं युधि परन्तप । प्रभग्नं द्रुतमाविग्नमतीव शरपीडितम् ॥

tattathā tava putrasya sainyaṃ yudhi parantapa | prabhagnaṃ drutamāvignamatīva śarapīḍitam

Thus, O scourge of your foes, your son's army in the battle was shattered, routed, terrified and grievously harried by arrows.

Verse 29 (7.89.29)

मारुतेनेव महता मेघानीकं व्यदीर्यत । प्रकाल्यमानं तत्सैन्यं नाशकत्प्रतिवीक्षितुम् ॥

māruteneva mahatā meghānīkaṃ vyadīryata | prakālyamānaṃ tatsainyaṃ nāśakatprativīkṣitum

Like a mass of clouds torn apart by a mighty wind, that army, driven before him, could not even look back.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.64.57a in its last word (CE: vidhūyatā); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 30 (7.89.30)

प्रतोदैश्चापकोटीभिर्हुंकारैः साधुवाहितैः । कशापार्ष्ण्यभिघातैश्च वाग्भिरुग्राभिरेव च ॥

pratodaiścāpakoṭībhirhuṃkāraiḥ sādhuvāhitaiḥ | kaśāpārṣṇyabhighātaiśca vāgbhirugrābhireva ca

With goads, bow-tips, shouts of "hum", well-wielded whips, blows of the heel, and harsh words,

Verse 31 (7.89.31)

चोदयन्तो हयांस्तूर्णं पलायन्ते स्म तावकाः । सादिनो रथिनश्चैव पत्तयश्चार्जुनार्दिताः ॥

codayanto hayāṃstūrṇaṃ palāyante sma tāvakāḥ | sādino rathinaścaiva pattayaścārjunārditāḥ

urging their horses on swiftly, your men fled: horsemen, charioteers and foot-soldiers alike, tormented by Arjuna.

Verse 32 (7.89.32)

पार्ष्ण्यङ्गुष्ठाङ्कुशैर्नागं चोदयन्तस्तथाऽपरे । शरैः सम्मोहिताश्चान्ये तमेवाभिमुखा ययुः ॥

pārṣṇyaṅguṣṭhāṅkuśairnāgaṃ codayantastathā'pare | śaraiḥ sammohitāścānye tamevābhimukhā yayuḥ

Others, urging their elephants on with heels, toes and hooks, and others bewildered by his arrows, went straight toward him.

Note on the text: Not a separate verse in the critical edition: lines 1–2 = CE 7.64.60a and 7.64.60c (the last word differs, a recension variant: CE yayau). The automatic alignment missed it. Verse 33 is CE 7.64.60e.

Verse 33 (7.89.33)

तव योधा हतोत्साहा विभ्रान्तमनसस्तदा ॥

tava yodhā hatotsāhā vibhrāntamanasastadā

Your warriors, their courage gone and their minds bewildered, did so then.

Note on the text: Corrected योघ → योधा (misprint in Wikisource; योघ is not a word, and CE 7.64.60e has yodhā). A single line on the page, equal to CE 7.64.60e (the third line of the critical edition's three-line verse 7.64.60); it completes the sentence of verse 32.